systole
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systole
Substantiivi
systole englanniksi
The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
(RQ:William Harvey Heart) I did almoſt beleeve, that the motion of the Heart vvas knovvn to God alone: For neither could I rightly diſtinguiſh, vvhich vvay the ''Diaſtole'' and ''Systole'' came to be, nor vvhen nor vvhere the ''dilation'' and ''conſtriction'' had its exiſtence.
{{quote-book|en|year=1972|author=Vladimir Nabokov|title=Transparent Things|publisher=McGraw-Hill|year_published=1972|pages=78–9
{{quote-text|en|year=1974|author=Anthony Burgess|title=The Clockwork Testament
A shortening of a naturally long vowel.
The contraction of the contractile vesicles in certain algae, plasmodia, and zoospores.
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